Her immediate field of labor was a wide prairie, over which were thinly scattered the cabins of the pioneer families.There were no books, no school house, no antecedent knowledge of what was needed.But under the advice and suggestions of this intelligent young lady every want was, in a measure, supplied.…Cited from Woman on the American Frontier, William W. Fowler

Mr. Drew says he is quite different from the people hereabout.You do not even know the true man, his name, nor antecedents.The time may come when he will return to his former life, whatever it was; can you not see how you would -- interfere with such a plan?…Cited from Joyce of the North Woods, by Harriet T. Comstock

These are questions which an intelligent investigator will be disposed to propound in the very commencement of the inquiry; and they are questions which must be distinctly answered before he can be expected to comprehend its true character as a symbolic institution.He must know something of its antecedents, before he can appreciate its character.But he who expects to arrive at a satisfactory solution of this inquiry must first -- as a preliminary absolutely necessary to success -- release himself from the influence of an error into which novices in Masonic philosophy are too apt to fall.…Cited from The Symbolism of Freemasonry, by Albert G. Mackey

She herself, though not highly educated, always created a lasting impression on all who really learnt to know her, and displayed a peculiar combination of practical domestic efficiency and keen intellectual animation.She never gave one of her children any definite information concerning her antecedents.She came from Weissenfels, and admitted that her parents had been bakers [FOOTNOTE: According to more recent information -- mill owners] there.…Cited from My Life, Volume I, by Richard Wagner

THE man whom Mr. Bazalgette introduced so smoothly and off-hand to Lucy Fountain exercised a terrible influence over her life, as you will see by and by.This alone would make it proper to lay his antecedents before the reader.But he has independent claims to this notice, for he is a principal figure in my work.…Cited from Love Me Little, Love Me Long,by Charles Reade

The cholera did not arrive, although it was expected.The antecedent conditions of its coming were all present; but it came not.The American millions discerned that the dreaded plague was at bay; a feeling of security and confidence prevailed; the summer of 1893 went by, and not a single case of Asiatic cholera appeared west of the Alleghenies.…Cited from Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century, by Various

The fact that it cannot be used for defining clauses also makes it clear that a defining clause is not intended.When used for direct objects, the personal a is required if the antecedent is human.It can be used as a formal, emphatic replacement for el que, usually in non-defining clauses, as the object of a preposition (including a representing the indirect object).…

Knowing his antecedents, the police will not stand upon any ceremony with him.Cited from The Crimson Blind, by Fred M. White

I admit, in my world, I could not walk upon this free and easy ground.I should have to ask about your antecedents, what you have done, all about you, in fact.…Cited from Parrot & Co., by Harold MacGrath

Of course, it need hardly be said that the first two had swung far out of their proper orbits before coming into harmonious contact with the last.Of course, also, no one of the three desired that his antecedents should be known.…Cited from The Young Trawler, by R.M. Ballantyne

It is significant that the extreme length of a committal without trial under British law is one hundred and five calendar days, which hundred and five days up to the last minute I certainly waited.They were trying to find out my antecedents but they did not succeed.A letter from the Lord Provost informed me that all material for my defense should be in his hands a day before the trial.…Cited from The Secrets of the German War Office, A.K. Graves

Of the antecedents and history of this doctrine enough has already been said.Its general truth as a description either of what is, or what ought to be and will be, demands an ampler discussion than there is any occasion to carry on here.…Cited from Rousseau, Volumes 1 and 2, by John Morley

It is necessary now that I should tell the readers something about my own antecedents.Aware of how uninteresting the subject must prove, I shall make that something as short as possible.…Cited from The Uninhabited House, by Mrs. J. H. Riddell

Each antecedent of his career had been a step of strength and success departed.Cited from The Tragic Comedians by G. Meredith, v2

For our answer we must travel through the stages of organic evolution, till we reach the point at which animal and vegetable life were one.Had any of these antecedents been missing, the winning race-horse would not have won the race.…Cited from A Critical Examination of Socialism, by William Hurrell Mallock

In contrast to its antecedents, the new library was open to the general public.Between 1827 and 1829, it acquired the classicist extension (Postgasse 9) to the Academic College, in which it was to be accommodated until 1884.…

Are they such as all mankind have, and bring into the world with them?And are they those which are the first in children, and antecedent to all acquired ones?If they are innate, they must needs be so.…Cited from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume I., by John Locke

Nor could she obtain any further light by inquiring somewhat into their antecedents.As for Mrs. Arnot, she was considerably amused, but continued perfectly non-committal.…Cited from A Knight Of The Nineteenth Century, E. P. Roe

Grenada-Trinidad and Tobago relations refers to foreign relations between Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.The two countries have historical antecedents that pre-date both countries' independence.These nations formally established diplomatic relations on Grenada's national date of independence 4 February 1974.…

Nay more, I shall keep a very sharp look out for this young man who went with you over the chute petite.Indeed it may be interesting for you to hear that I know something of his antecedents already.…Cited from The Story of Louis Riel: The Rebel Chief, by Joseph Edmund Collins